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Pub. Date
2016.
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Includes a variety of exercises that explore the game's aspects and use them to teach lessons. Begin the book by brushing up on some common Minecraft language and examining each of the four game modes: survival, creative, adventure, and spectator. Then, use this knowledge to venture off onto the six different quests that encourage child and adult participation. These "gamified" labs will allow your child to earn stickers and badges as rewards as they...
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Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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A refreshing source of ideas to help your children learn to grow their own patch of earth, Gardening Lab for Kids encourages children to get outside and enjoy nature. This fun and creative book features 52 plant-related activities set into weekly lessons, beginning with learning to read maps to find your heat zone, moving through seeds, soil, composting, and then creating garden art and appreciating your natural surroundings.
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Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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At-home science provides an environment for freedom, creativity, and invention that is not always possible in a school setting. In your own kitchen, it's simple, inexpensive, and fun to whip up a number of science experiments using everyday ingredients. Hands-On Family: Kitchen Science Lab for Kids offers 52 science activities for families to do together. The experiments can be used as individual projects, for parties, or as educational activities...
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Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Art Lab for Kids is a refreshing source of wonderful ideas for creating fine art with children. This step-by-step book offers 52 fun and creative art projects set into weekly lessons, beginning with drawing, moving through painting and printmaking, and then building to paper collage and mixed media.
Each lesson features and relates to the work and style of a contemporary artist and their unique style. The labs can be used as...
Each lesson features and relates to the work and style of a contemporary artist and their unique style. The labs can be used as...
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Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Developed for the younger set (4-6 year olds) and targeting one of the most critical developmental periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is the perfect book for both parents and teachers who are seeking enriching and unique experiences to offer this age group.As in Susan Schwake's first book, Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), the Labs can be used as singular projects, or used to build up to a year of hands-on fine art experiences. Each...
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Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"3D printing and maker lab for kids presents hands-on activities for learning how to use browser-based software TinkerCAD and SketchUp to design and print projects, along with informative sidebars to support related STEAM concepts"--
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Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organized into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip around to learn a new mixed-media technique or be inspired by a particular painting theme or application. The underlying message of this book is that, as an artist, you should learn and gain expertise...
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Quarry
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Recent research has shown that children learn and develop new skills more quickly when they engage in playful, whole body activities. Movement allows them to refocus their attention, improves brain function, reduces stress, and improves circulation. Not only that, but the more senses that are used for learning, the more likely information is to be stored and retrieved. The activities in Playful Learning Lab for Kids explore concepts in reading,...
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Quarry Book, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Learn about the complexities of shapes, build your own, and transform them through the interactive labs in Math Lab for Kids : Geometry and Topology. These labs challenge kids to think outside of the box and encourages them to become better problem-solvers. Create prisms, antiprisms, platonic solids, möbius strips, and more cool shapes; no pricey crafting supplies needed -- use simple, household items that are just as fun and creative; advanced activities...
16) Tangrams and puzzles: fun, hands-on activities for learning math / Rebecca Rapoport and J.A. Yoder
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Quarry Book, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Learn about the Chinese craft of creating a work of art through reassembled shapes in the interactive labs in Math Labs for Kids : Tangrams and Puzzles. Practice skills such as rule-following, counting, and shape recognition to solve puzzles and make creative pieces of work; no pricey crafting supplies needed -- use simple, household items that are just as fun and creative; adanced activities included with each lab with a Hints & Solutions section...
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Quarry Book, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Math Lab for Kids proves that math is more than just numbers--the hands-on activities in this book make learning math fun! Curves and Fractals explores curve stitching, a way to approximate a curve using only straight lines; and fractals, which are patterns of shapes that look similar no matter whether you zoon in or out. Build your own fractals such as a Sierpinski triangle and a Koch snowflake. No expensive supplies are required! Everything needed...
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Quarry Books, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Understanding the Earth engages kids with eleven hands-on labs that are not only educational, but fun to do. The interactive activities educate children on meteorites, the makeup of the Earth, and the beauty of Earth's treasures. Explore the Earth's surface to find curios and rocks, and learn about the prehistoric Earth as well as the makeup and mysteries of other planets in space" -- back cover.
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